London: Clive Bingley and Archon Books, (1968). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), 196 pages. First edition. A guide to the terminology of modern book production with many illustrations.READ MORE about MODERN BOOK PRODUCTION

New York: New York University Press, 1971. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 240 pages and with 76 illustrations. First U.S. edition. Includes the work of Bruegel, Hogarth, Gillray, Cruikshank, Thackeray and Phiz. Jacket rubbed and chipped with small tears. Old price sticker on front pastedown.READ MORE about VICTORIAN NOVELISTS AND THEIR ILLUSTRATORS

New York: New York Public Library, 1927. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 44 pages. Reprinted from the Bulletin of the New York Public Library. A bibliographical listing of 244 prints with many illustrations. Corner of front cover lacking, front cover and front free endpaper stained. Chipped around edges of spine. Ex-library with library markings.READ MORE about AMERICAN HISTORICAL PRINTS, EARLY VIEWS OF AMERICAN CITIES, ETC

(Leipzig): Deutschen Buchdrucker Verein, 1919. large 4to. paper-covered boards. 32 pages plus 24 leaves of plates. First edition. Celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the German Book-Printing Society founded in 1869. Text gives an account of the history of the institution. Full page two-color chiaroscuro prints showcase the buildings or persons associated with the Society over the previous half century, including chairmen and members of the board of directors over the years. Printed on laid paper... READ MORE about DER DEUTSCHE BUCHDRUCKERVEREIN UND SEIN WERDEN IN FÜNFZIG JAHREN (1869-1919

N.P. University of Maryland Department of Art, 1973. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 103 pages. With introductaory notes by Don Denny and James D. Farquhar. An exhibition catalogue devoted to this text. Illustrated including one in color. Minor cover soiling.READ MORE about THE APOCALYPSE

New York: Burt Franklin, 1969. thick small 4to. cloth. xiv, 356 pages. Reprint of the 1911 first edition issued by this reprint house. Virtually an encyclopedia of the hand-illuminated book. An historical account. Many illustrations.READ MORE about ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS

Parts I and II.
N.P. n.p., n.d. 4to. later cloth, paper label on spine. variously paginated. Parts I and II. Removed from the Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Illustrated & Published Monthly, Volume XV--April to September 1909, London, for which there is a title page bound in at the end, as well as an alphabetical list of contributors to Vol. XV. An essay on engravings. Contains 16 black-and-white plates. Part I--Methods and Minutiae. Part II--States in Actual Life. Bound in..... READ MORE about ENGRAVINGS AND THEIR STATES

London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, (1926). small 8vo. cloth. (ii), xiii, (iii), 253, (3) pages, with 44 pages of plates. First edition. The memoirs of Hurd and the authors that influenced him throughout the years. It is illustrated with 44 pages of black-and-white plates of several authors, his parents, paintings and more. Indexed. Slight foxing throughout with rubbing along the spine.READ MORE about NAPHTALI, BEING INFLUENCES AND ADVENTURES WHILE EANING A LIVING BY

(Evanston, IL: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, 2001. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xxviii, 329+(1) pages in addition to 32 leaves of color plates. First edition. Three hundred years ago, now treasured medieval manuscripts were scorned, neglected and left to vandals. An exhibit held at the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art early in 2001, sought to explore new ideas and perspectives on the destruction and reconstitution of illuminated manuscripts in the... READ MORE about MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATION IN THE MODERN AGE: RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION

Rutland, UK: Martlet Books, 2010. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. vi, 138 pages. Limited to 300 copies. Born in South London in 1893, Herbert Hodgson is now regarded as "one of the great printers of the twentieth century". In the opening chapter of this book he gives a vivid account of life a century ago in the poorer areas of the capital. After an apprenticeship as a printer, he served from 1915 to 1918 in France... READ MORE about IMPRESSIONS OF WAR; THE MEMOIRS OF HERBERT HODGSON 1893-1974

An Illustrated History
(Greenwich, Connecticut): New York Graphic Society, (1973). 4to. cloth, dust jacket, original cardboard slipcase. (vi), 96 pages, plus 96 pages of plates. An Illustrated History. English version of Die Welt der Spiel Karte (Edition Leipzig, 1972). This comprehensive survey of the history of playing cards from 16th through the 20th century includes examples from China, India, Persia, Japan and Turkey as well as Italy, Spain, Germany, and France. It contains numerous black & white and... READ MORE about THE PLAYING CARD